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Synonyms. Glaucium flavum, the yellow horned poppy, [2] yellow hornpoppy or sea poppy, is a summer flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is native to Europe, Northern Africa, Macaronesia and temperate zones in Western Asia. The plant grows on the seashore and is never found inland. All parts of the plant, including the seeds, are toxic.
Stylophorum diphyllum, commonly called the celandine poppy [1] or wood poppy, [2] is an herbaceous plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in the eastern United States and Ontario. [3] Its typical natural habitat is moist forests over calcareous rock, particularly in ravines. [4] [5]
Papaver radicatum is circumpolar in distribution and grows in arctic and alpine zones in Europe, North America, and Asia. [2] [3] Papaver radicatum grows at a latitude of 83°40'N on Kaffeklubben Island, [4] and as of 2023, it was the northernmost flowering plant in the world. [5] It appears on the Coat of arms of Nunavut.
Papaver somniferum. Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy[ 2] or breadseed poppy, [ 3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens. Its native range was east of the Mediterranean ...
Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug mixture opium, which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug.
Papaver nudicaule, the Iceland poppy, [ 4] is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of Asia and North America, and the mountains of Central Asia as well as temperate China [ 5] (but not in Iceland ), Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials, often grown as biennials. They yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly ...
Stylophorum cambricum (L.) Spreng. Papaver cambricum, synonym Meconopsis cambrica, the Welsh poppy, is a perennial flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It has yellow to orange flowers and is widely grown as a garden plant. It is a native of damp, rocky sites in upland areas of Western Europe from the British Isles to the Iberian ...
Whether actual flowers are plucked for the occasion or a fabric or crepe paper version is used, the meaning of the red poppy remains clear: It symbolizes the memory of fallen soldiers. Much like ...